Nigerian female Bobsled and Skeleton team have signed on new partners towards the success of the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Travelstart Nigeria and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have joined forces to fly the flag carrying team to South Korea to aid their quest for gold.

The full team will fly from Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos through Amsterdam to Incheon International Airport in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea.

Athletes, Seun Adigun, Ngozi Onwumere, Akuoma Omeoga and Simidele Adeagbo will represent Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. This is the first time in history that Nigeria has made an appearance.

The Winter Olympics are set to be held from the 9th to the 25th of February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Travelstart is Africa’s largest online travel agency, with headquarters in Cape Town and a local office in Lagos. It was founded in Sweden in 1999, as the brainchild of Stephan Ekbergh.

Founded on October 7, 1919, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the oldest scheduled airline in the world still operating under its original name.